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Today in Catalonia is Sant Jordi’s Day, the day when women and men exchange roses (for her) and books (for him).

Although celebrated in many countries around the world, the Catalan version of Saint George, patron saint of the region, commemorates different things:

The death of a fourth-century Roman saint who is said to have saved a princess from a dragon. In the Catalan version, on the spot where the dragon was slain in the town of Montblanc, a rose grew, giving birth to the local Valentine’s Day.

An ancient Festival of Roses signaling the arrival of spring.

National Book Day, on day of the death of Miguel de Cervantes in 1616.

Nowadays, the merging of the saint, the book, and the rose has become one of the most important Catalan festivities and its importance as a major cultural event is gaining attention worldwide.

We jumped at the opportunity to give you some good websites where you can find a vast selection of sailing literature of all kinds: